We don’t have a corner on the market for smart, hard-working people. What we do have is an experienced team, passionate about finding and eliminating waste in the purchase of carbon flat-rolled products. Our team is supported by powerful decision-making software that allows them to unpack the massive number of cost carrying inefficiencies in the supply chain: transportation costs, yield loss, scrap processing, production and packaging costs, administration, finance, and even upstream costs such as equipment downtime.

Peter Heinke

Chief Executive Officer

“I don’t believe we have a corner on the market for smart people. There are lots of companies with lots of smart people. But what we do have is a group that asks smart questions and has the intellectual drive to dig a little deeper to find things others miss, because they fail to look.”

Dave Pratt

Executive Vice President - Materials & Operations

In the metals industry since 1981.

Education: University of Kentucky – BS, Biology.

“Personal service, quality metals, in-stock, and on-time is the foundation. You have to have a solid foundation. But, we believe customers should expect more. Winning bids is about doing more than is expected and doing it consistently.”

Point of pride: The honesty and integrity found in measurable results.

Randy Richards

Vice President of Operations

In the metals industry since 1981.

“This is the metals business. Steel and fluff don’t mix. Customers come to us for a lower cost on the spec they have to have. They don’t have any wiggle room with their customers, so they can’t afford to have any with their suppliers. We get that. We get that from corner office to the plant floor.”

“The better we understand a customer’s exact engineering needs, the better we can help them find cost reductions. So often, the questions that could lead to breakthrough reductions are left unanswered because the service center fails to ask. At Jemison, we ask.”

Christopher Sweet

Executive Vice President - Business Development

In the metals industry since 2000.

Education: Samford University - BS, Business Management.

“Added value and four dollars and seventy-five cents will get you a pumpkin spice latte. That means added value isn’t worth anything if it does not subtract cost. Subtracting cost is where the sale starts for us.”

Joe Ross Merritt

Vice President Commercial

In the metals industry since 2008.

Education: Samford University - BS, Business Management.

“Added value and four dollars and seventy-five cents will get you a pumpkin spice latte. That means added value isn’t worth anything if it does not subtract cost. Subtracting cost is where the sale starts for us.”

Vice President North Region

Craig Mathiason

President & Chief Operating Officer

In the metals industry since 1994.

Education: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – BA; Washington University, Olin School of Business – Strategic Metals Management.

“I don’t believe sales is about selling. It’s about finding and making. Finding the points of hidden waste in the supply chain and making a difference in a customer’s bottom line. It’s only a great relationship if it’s real and it’s measurable.”